Is Kensington, CA dog-friendly?

As of early 2026, 97% of users say it's dog friendly

Is there wildlife in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 94% of users say there's wildlife

Are yards well-kept in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 87% of users say yards are well-kept

Is parking easy in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 85% of users say parking is easy

Would people walk alone at night in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 84% of users say people would walk alone at night

Does Kensington, CA show holiday spirit?

As of early 2026, 83% of users say there's holiday spirit

Are neighbors friendly in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 81% of users say neighbors are friendly

Is Kensington, CA quiet?

As of early 2026, 81% of users say it's quiet

Is a car needed in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 81% of users say car is needed

Do residents of Kensington, CA plan to stay at least 5 years?

As of early 2026, 74% of users say they plan to stay for at least 5 years

Does Kensington, CA have sidewalks?

As of early 2026, 69% of users say there are sidewalks

Are there community events in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 56% of users say there are community events

Is Kensington, CA walkable to grocery stores?

As of early 2026, 56% of users say it's walkable to grocery stores

Do kids play outside in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 56% of users say kids play outside

Is Kensington, CA walkable to restaurants?

As of early 2026, 50% of users say it's walkable to restaurants

Are the streets well-lit in Kensington, CA?

As of early 2026, 45% of users say streets are well-lit

What is 293 Colgate Ave estimated to be worth?

Trulia's estimated value for 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA is $1,167,700 .

What is the price history for 293 Colgate Ave?

293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA last sold for $670,000 in July 2009.

Is Kensington a buyer's or seller's market?

Kensington is currently a balanced market, based on recent for-sale activity.

What do residents say about Kensington?

Residents describe Kensington, CA as dog-friendly, well-kept, and easy to park in. Most residents say you need a car. See recently sold homes in Kensington, CA .

How big is the lot at 293 Colgate Ave?

The lot at 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA is about 0.09 acres (4,000 sq ft).

Does 293 Colgate Ave have a garage?

Yes, 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA has a garage.

OFF MARKET

$1,167,700

Trulia Estimate

2 Beds
1 Bath
1,048 sqft

293 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA 94708

Est. Refi. Payment $7,421/mo*

Refinance Your Home

Currently Off Market - Sold Jul 17, 2009 for $670,000

Home Value

Trulia Estimate

$1.17M

Since last month

$20K (+1.8%)

Since last year

$53K (+4.7%)

Since last sale

$498K (+74.3%)

Learn more about this home's value by checking out its Trulia Estimate, the value of nearby homes, and how much similar homes have sold for.

Trulia Estimate

The of this home's value increased by +43% in the last 10 years

Month	Estimated value
2026
September 2026	$1.17M
August 2026	$1.15M
July 2026	$1.17M
June 2026	$1.19M
May 2026	$1.2M
April 2026	$1.2M
March 2026	$1.19M
February 2026	$1.16M
January 2026	$1.08M
2025
December 2025	$1.09M
November 2025	$1.1M
October 2025	$1.13M
September 2025	$1.12M
August 2025	$1.1M
July 2025	$1.13M
June 2025	$1.14M
May 2025	$1.17M
April 2025	$1.18M
March 2025	$1.17M
February 2025	$1.16M
January 2025	$1.1M
2024
December 2024	$1.11M
November 2024	$1.11M
October 2024	$1.14M
September 2024	$1.12M
August 2024	$1.12M
July 2024	$1.15M
June 2024	$1.19M
May 2024	$1.23M
April 2024	$1.22M
March 2024	$1.23M
February 2024	$1.2M
January 2024	$1.13M
2023
December 2023	$1.12M
November 2023	$1.13M
October 2023	$1.17M
September 2023	$1.19M
August 2023	$1.18M
July 2023	$1.21M
June 2023	$1.23M
May 2023	$1.21M
April 2023	$1.19M
March 2023	$1.17M
February 2023	$1.13M
January 2023	$1.13M
2022
December 2022	$1.13M
November 2022	$1.17M
October 2022	$1.18M
September 2022	$1.17M
August 2022	$1.19M
July 2022	$1.29M
June 2022	$1.42M
May 2022	$1.45M
April 2022	$1.48M
March 2022	$1.46M
February 2022	$1.37M
January 2022	$1.32M
2021
December 2021	$1.31M
November 2021	$1.3M
October 2021	$1.28M
September 2021	$1.28M
August 2021	$1.29M
July 2021	$1.31M
June 2021	$1.3M
May 2021	$1.23M
April 2021	$1.16M
March 2021	$1.06M
February 2021	$1.04M
January 2021	$1.04M
2020
December 2020	$1.03M
November 2020	$985K
October 2020	$946K
September 2020	$941K
August 2020	$960K
July 2020	$951K
June 2020	$951K
May 2020	$954K
April 2020	$968K
March 2020	$998K
February 2020	$886K
January 2020	$937K
2019
December 2019	$938K
November 2019	$916K
October 2019	$876K
September 2019	$866K
August 2019	$818K
July 2019	$787K
June 2019	$899K
May 2019	$926K
April 2019	$904K
March 2019	$904K
February 2019	$902K
January 2019	$907K
2018
December 2018	$922K
November 2018	$922K
October 2018	$925K
September 2018	$904K
August 2018	$876K
July 2018	$881K
June 2018	$984K
May 2018	$927K
April 2018	$906K
March 2018	$919K
February 2018	$908K
January 2018	$893K
2017
December 2017	$887K
November 2017	$854K
October 2017	$857K
September 2017	$842K
August 2017	$833K
July 2017	$817K
June 2017	$984K
May 2017	$957K
April 2017	$936K
March 2017	$910K
February 2017	$910K
January 2017	$860K
2016
December 2016	$861K
November 2016	$834K
October 2016	$849K
September 2016	$815K

Comparable sales

These are recently sold homes that have a similar location or other similar features to this home, like bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage. Get a sense of the expected prices in the area by viewing these homes.

Address	Distance	Property Type	Sold Price	Sold Date	Bed	Bath	Sqft
290 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA	0.03	Single-Family Home	$1,290,000	04/17/26	2	1	1,216
231 Yale Ave, Kensington, CA	0.25	Single-Family Home	$1,210,000	07/31/26	2	1	1,285
287 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA	0.05	Single-Family Home	$1,100,000	07/15/26	2	2	1,459
385 Vermont Ave, Berkeley, CA	0.28	Single-Family Home	$1,100,000	03/23/26	2	1	1,504
265 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA	0.06	Single-Family Home	$1,400,000	03/24/26	2	2	1,487
255 Stanford Ave, Kensington, CA	0.19	Single-Family Home	$1,275,000	04/10/26	2	2	1,076
282 Grizzly Peak Blvd, Kensington, CA	0.12	Single-Family Home	$1,650,000	09/10/26	3	1	1,636
581 Arlington Ave, Berkeley, CA	0.56	Single-Family Home	$1,150,000	10/27/25	2	1	1,070
267 Columbia Ave, Kensington, CA	0.07	Single-Family Home	$1,200,000	10/27/25	2	3	1,844
85 Stratford Rd, Kensington, CA	0.59	Single-Family Home	$1,015,000	11/25/25	2	1	952

Nearby home prices

Get a sense of expected prices in the area by checking the value of nearby homes.

Address	Distance	Price	Bed	Bath	Sqft	Status
290 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.03	$1,290,000	2	1	1,216	Recently Sold
267 Columbia Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.07	$1,184,500	2	3	1,844	Off Market
466 Beloit Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.04	$1,968,300	3	2	1,769	Off Market
287 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.05	$1,100,000	2	2	1,459	Recently Sold
265 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.06	$1,400,000	2	2	1,487	Recently Sold
249 Trinity Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.12	$1,600,000	3	2.5	1,740	Recently Sold
218 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.11	$1,268,500	2	1.5	1,371	Off Market
241 Trinity Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.13	$1,423,500	3	2.5	1,550	Off Market
267 Cambridge Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.14	$995,000	3	2	1,325	For Sale
215 Purdue Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.12	$1,321,500	3	2	1,356	Off Market
207 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.13	$1,349,300	4	2	1,609	Off Market
212 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA 94708	0.14	$1,241,100	2	1	2,006	Off Market

Local Information

Map ViewExplore the area around 293 Colgate Ave.
Schools1 Elementary School1 Middle School1 High School
Shop & Eat

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Home Highlights

Single-Family Home

Built in 1938

1,048 sqft

$1,114/sqft

Garage

About this House

Beautiful and move-in ready 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with panoramic views of the City, Bay and Golden Gate Bridge. Fabulous gourmet kitchen, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and radiant heating under Italian tile floor. Kitchen opens to formal dining room and living room. Newly landscaped front garden with California natives. Very convenient to Tilden park, public transportation and Hilltop school.<br/><br/>FEATURES INCLUDE: <br/><br/>~ Living room with fir...

293 Colgate Ave, Kensington, CA 94708 is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,048 sqft single-family home built in 1938. It last sold for $670,000 on Jul 17, 2009. This property is not currently displayed as for sale or rent on Trulia. The Trulia Estimate is $1,167,700, with a rent estimate of $4,037/month.

Home Details for 293 Colgate Ave

Interior Features
Levels, Entrance, & Accessibility Stories: 1
Interior Details Number of Rooms: 5

Property Information
Year Built Year Built: 1938Year Updated: 1948
Property Type / Style Property Type: Single Family Home

Exterior Features
Parking & Garage GarageParking: Garage Attached

Community
Units in Building: 1

Lot Information
Lot Area: 4000 sqft

Price and Tax history

Date	Event	Price
Jul 17, 2009 Source: N/A	Sold	$670,000
Jun 7, 2009 Source: Agent Provided	Listed For Sale	$669,000
Jul 19, 2002 Source: N/A	Sold	$550,000

Year	Property tax	Tax assessment
2026	Unavailable	$882,132

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Market trends in Kensington

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Around this home

Kensington Elementary School
K-6
Public
473 Students
West Contra Costa Unified School District
10/10
GreatSchools Rating
Parent Rating Average
This school really needs younger and more socio-economically diverse representation. They seem really out of touch to the life of modern working parents and it operates like a quasi-private school. Communications come from so many different sources so that it becomes really hard to stay informed. I was very disappointed to find there is also a lot of screen time going on in the classroom (maybe a problem everywhere these days?) Many of the teachers are burned out and retiring. Drop off and pick up is a pain because you have to park at the bottom of a large hill and it's a bunch of tight one-way streets. With that said, the new afterschool program (LLS) is the best addition; the staff are energetic, engaged and make school fun.
Parent Review
4mo ago
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What Locals Say about Kensington

At least 30 Trulia users voted on each feature.

97 % Say it's dog friendly
94 % Say there's wildlife
87 % Say yards are well-kept
85 % Say parking is easy
84 % Say people would walk alone at night
83 % Say there's holiday spirit
81 % Say neighbors are friendly
81 % Say it's quiet
81 % Say car is needed
74 % Say they plan to stay for at least 5 years
69 % Say there are sidewalks
56 % Say there are community events
56 % Say it's walkable to grocery stores
56 % Say kids play outside
50 % Say it's walkable to restaurants
45 % Say streets are well-lit

Sourced by Trulia users. Learn more about our methodology.

Jade T.
Resident
6y ago
"I drive to work in Berkeley. About an 18 minutes car ride. Traffic is medium in the mornings and afternoons. There are multiple ways to get to Berkeley front he neighborhood, so you can take a new route each morning. "
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Joe M.
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7y ago
"Its as close to living in the country while being moments from the city as one can get in the East Bay "
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Andy P.
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7y ago
"Kid friendly town but the clock stopped in 1962. Great schools, cute town center. Close to Tilden and Wildcat"
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Brandez
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7y ago
"There's a bus stop not a block away from my house that takes me directly to Downtown Berkeley (Shattuck/Allston)"
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Adam C.
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8y ago
"Many options from driving to cross bay express bus, bart, local buses. Only difficulty is the elevation in the hills. But makes a good jog after work. "
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Mubeen M. A. J. C.
Resident
8y ago
"nerve racking, yet do-able need more street lights for after dark. there are hardly any sidewalks and the streets are too narrow, preventing 2 cars to pass one another as driving down the streets. "
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Andy P.
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8y ago
"1962 just called and it wants Kensington back. In many great ways, but also some sleepy ways. Super cute. Super convenient little hamlet. Brutal commute to San Francisco"
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Mahshifamily
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8y ago
"We lived in there area for four years and loved it. Our neighbors are very friendly to each other. We have community gatherings often. We watch out for one another and people are very happy to help when needed. "
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Pardis_pz
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8y ago
"Clean friendly and lovely. Love our neighborhood. Lots of green. Great schools. Close to Tilden park"
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Gickers4
15y ago
"Wonderful area. Wildlife next to Wildcat Cayon Park. Very Private Drive with few house. Own little piece of solitude in an Urban setting."
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Frequently asked questions about 293 Colgate Ave

What is 293 Colgate Ave estimated to be worth?
Trulia's estimated value for 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA is $1,167,700.
What is the price history for 293 Colgate Ave?
293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA last sold for $670,000 in July 2009.
Is Kensington a buyer's or seller's market?
Kensington is currently a balanced market, based on recent for-sale activity.
What do residents say about Kensington?
Residents describe Kensington, CA as dog-friendly, well-kept, and easy to park in. Most residents say you need a car. See recently sold homes in Kensington, CA.
How big is the lot at 293 Colgate Ave?
The lot at 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA is about 0.09 acres (4,000 sq ft).
Does 293 Colgate Ave have a garage?
Yes, 293 Colgate Ave in Kensington, CA has a garage.